Morphology and morphosyntax of the adjective in attributive and predicative constructions in the Egypt-Amarna letters
The ensuing discussion concerns the morphology and morphosyntax of the adjective used in attributive and predicative constructions in the Egypt-Amarna letters. This calls for the identification of the Egypt letters, the function of the adjectives and their application in these letters. The Egypt-Ama...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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Journal for semitics
Year: 2009, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 152-177 |
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| Summary: | The ensuing discussion concerns the morphology and morphosyntax of the adjective used in attributive and predicative constructions in the Egypt-Amarna letters. This calls for the identification of the Egypt letters, the function of the adjectives and their application in these letters. The Egypt-Amarna letters is part of the entire scope of the Amarna letters, a diplomatic correspondence, reflecting a cosmopolitan "cuneiform" culture, during the second millennium B.C., extending from mountains east of Assyria and Babylonia into Asia Minor, providing rich evidence for the social and political history of Syria-Palestine in the fourteenth century. These letters, therefore the Egypt letters as well, are written in a Peripheral Akkadian (PA) dialect, a form of Western Peripheral Akkadian (WPA) dialect. The Egypt letters represent the correspondence from the pharaoh (the court of the pharaoh) to recipients in Palestine and foreign countries, concerned with matters of importance to the pharaoh. The letters being identified, the constituents of the adjective, to operate as an attribute or predicate, are ascertained. This involves the morphology of the adjective, the basis of its function, followed by the morphosyntax of the adjective, the basis for the application of the adjective in syntax. In the Egypt letters, as basis for the discussion of the morphology of the adjective, the morphology in Standard Akkadian is taken and within this framework the adjective in the Egypt letters is compared. The same procedure is followed for the morphosyntax and adopted for the adjective in the Egypt letters for its application in the syntax. The letters considered for this study are: EA 1 and 5 to the Babylonian king; EA 31 to the vassal (king) of Arzawa; EA 99 to a vassal; EA 162 to Aziru of Amurru; EA 190 to Aitukama vassal of Qidshu; and EA 367, 369 and 370 to vassals. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC101109 |